 Attention East Colfax residents. This is a community notification of a new sexually violent predator in your area. Please stay tuned to the following short program for more information. Hi, I'm Technician Ron Hackett with the Denver Police Department. The Sex Offender Registration and Compliance Unit at DPD is responsible for the registration, monitoring and tracking of all registered sex offenders and sexually violent predators who live in the city and county of Denver. Here's a brief history of sex offender legislation in Colorado. Our state laws trickle down from federal government mandates. In 1994, we had the Jacob Wetterling Act, which mandated that states would establish a sex offender list. Magans law of 1996 said that the public would have access to those sex offender registration lists. The Pam Litchner Act of 1996 stated that some offenders might have to have lifetime registrations. And the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 unified sex offender laws across the country. In Colorado, the legislature has determined that sexually violent predators, by definition, pose a higher risk to the community at large and therefore mandated that upon their release from the Department of Corrections, the community must be notified. Sex offender notification in Colorado happens in two ways. The first is passive and ongoing through the sex offender registration process, which is a list maintained by local police departments. The second way is active via community notification for those offenders determined to be sexually violent predators by the courts or by the parole board. Most sex offenders in Colorado are supervised by the criminal justice system in our communities. Most sex offenders engage in crossover behavior, which means they may have been arrested for one type of crime, but be apt to commit another. Many sex offenders have no criminal history at all prior to their arrest. There is no typical sex offender, but all tend to be deceptive, manipulative and secretive. 80 to 93% of sex offenses are committed by someone known to the victim. Sexual deviancy begins in mid to late adolescence. Sex offenses are not impulsive. They are usually carefully planned and most sex offenders are male. The community has a vested interest in helping offenders to be successfully managed in the community. Sex offenders have the same need for housing and employment as any other citizen. Any citizen who uses sex offender information to harass, threaten or intimidate an offender will be subject to criminal prosecution. There are approximately 16,500 registered sex offenders in the state of Colorado. About 65% of convicted sex offenders are placed in the community on probation. The remainder are in the Department of Corrections or Community Corrections. Offenders may be caught for one type of offense, but be at a high risk to commit another type. Crime of conviction is only one indicator of risk. A sexually violent predator must register with the Denver Police Department Sex Offender Registration Unit every three months for the rest of their life. The offender's residence must be verified quarterly by the Denver Police Department. The full sex offender registration list is available by calling the Denver Police Department Identification Bureau at 720-913-6756. Convicted felons and those with multiple convictions are posted online at denvergov.org-police. Remember, sexually violent predators do not represent all dangerous sex offenders. The community notification process and sex offender registration are not a complete deterrent to sexual assault. Now, here's a look at the newest sexually violent predator living in Denver. Here's an overview of the registered sex offenders currently living in Denver. There are 2,626 total living within city limits. In Denver Police District 2, there are 441. Precinct 223 has 122 registered sex offenders. Of those, 83 have felony convictions and 39 have misdemeanor convictions. Rodney Bruce Mendez is a sexually violent predator currently living in Denver. He's 37 years old and was born on November 10, 1982. He's a Hispanic male 5 feet 8 inches tall, 175 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He's currently living at 8300 East Colfax Avenue number 109 in the East Colfax neighborhood of Denver. Schools located within one mile of this offender include Denver School of the Arts High School at 7111 East Montview Boulevard Odyssey School of Denver K-8 at 6550 East 21st Avenue Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment at 1151 North Newport Street Ashley Elementary at 1914 North Syracuse Street Denver School of Science and Technology Middle School and High School at 2000 North Valentia Street William Roberts K-8 at 2100 Akron Way Vanguard Classical School West at 801 Yosemite Street Montessori Children's House of Denver Central Park at 2111 North Zantia Street The Logan School for Creative Learning at 1005 Yosemite Street St. James School at 1250 Newport Street Parks located within one mile of this offender include Crescent Park, McNichols Park, Denison Park, Thomas Park, Greenway Park Montclair Park, Verbina Park, Great Lawn Park, New Freedom Park Central Park, Kelly Open Space, Richthofen Memorial Fountain Recreation centers located within one mile of this offender include Montclair Rec Center at 729 Ulster Way Bus routes located within one mile of this offender include Route 15 East Colfax Avenue Route 10 East 11th Avenue Route 15L East Colfax Limited Route 65 Monaco Street Route 73 Quebec Street Route 20 Montview Boulevard A brief history of charges against this offender Attempted sexual assault on a child, he's currently on parole and registered with the Denver Police Department on July 14, 2020 to 8300 East Colfax Avenue number 109 in the East Colfax neighborhood of Denver Past charges against this offender include Sexual assault, first-degree assault, third-degree assault, motor vehicle theft, domestic violence, kidnapping, robbery, dangerous drugs, shoplifting, probation violation, theft, possession of paraphernalia, traffic Rodney Bruce Mendes has been determined to sexually violent predator after meeting the following criteria. Criteria 1, age 18 or older on the date of the offense or under 18 and tried as an adult. The offender was age 31 at the time of the offense. Criteria 2, the crime must have been committed on or after July 1, 1997 and convicted on or after July 1, 1999. Crimes include sexual assault, felony unlawful sexual contact, sexual assault on a child, sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. The offender was convicted on June 4, 2018 for attempted sexual assault on a child. Criteria 3, the relationship to the victim was one of the following. Victim was a stranger to the offender or the offender established or promoted a relationship with the victim primarily for the purpose of sexual victimization. The victim was a 14-year-old female. The offender was known to the victim. Criteria 4, positive results are the passing of a risk assessment instrument administered by probation parole staff and a qualified treatment evaluator. Positive results include an assessment for the presence of a mental abnormality, a level of denial regarding the offense, treatment appropriateness and motivation, presence of sexual deviant interests. The offender was evaluated by the Denver District Courts with positive results determining him to be a sexually violent predator.